Fish hook holder



Nov. l5, 1955 w. M. PETTY FISH HOOK HOLDER Filed May 29, 1953 W" L@ l United States Patent FISH HOOK HOLDER William M. Petty, Lakewood, Colo.

Application May 29, 1953, Serial No. 358,381

2 Claims. (Cl. 43-1) This invention relates to a support or holder, and more particularly to a ishhook holder. l The object of the invention is to provide a holder for attachment to a lishermans belt or other article, whereby a lishhook can be conveniently supported while it is being baited.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device for holding a iishhook firmly in place while it is being baited, the holder being adapted to be hooked over the iishermans belt so that the fisherman can hold the shing pole in one hand and wherein the complete operation of baiting the hook can be accomplished with the other hand.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lishhook holder which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the coursey of the following description.

in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure l is a side elevational view of the shhook holder, constructed according to 'the present invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the fishhook holder and showing the position of the parts when the device is unlocked. H'

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Figure 5 isl a sectional View taken on the line 5 5 of Figure l.' y'

lReferring in'j detail to the drawings, the numeral 1t) Ndesignates a body member which may be fabricated of *fany suitable material, and the body member itl includes a base 11 and a clamp 12 for engagement with a shermans belt or other article of apparel. The clamp 12 includes a first leg 14 which is arranged angularly with respect to the base 11, there being a second leg 15 arranged `in spaced apart relation with respect to the leg 14. An arcuate section 16 interconnects the legs 14 and 15 together.

The shhook holder of the present invention further includes a bracket 17 which is shaped to provide an intermediate curved or sleeve portion 18. The sleeve portion 18 is provided with an inclined slot 19 through which slidably extends a pin 20 that is secured to the shaft portion 22 of an L-shaped lever 21. The lever 21 further includes a handle 23 which is arranged at right angles with respect to lthe shaft 22. The handle 23 is adapted to be manually actuated in order to rotate the shaft 22 whereby the pin 20 will move through the slot 19 to and from the position shown in Figures 2 and 3 so as to lock or unlock the fshhook 24, broken lines in Figure 3.

Extending upwardly from the bracket 17 and formed integral therewith or secured thereto is a pair of spaced 2,723,479 Patented Nov. 15, 1955 ice parallel plates 25 which are interconnected together by a web 26, Figure 4. A pin 27 extends between the pair of plates 25, and a keeper or locking member 28 is pivotally mounted on the pin 27. The keeper 28 is provided with a cam surface 29 for coaction with the tapered end 30 of the shaft 22 so that when the shaft 22 is rotated by the handle 23 to the position shown in Figure 3, the tapered surface 30 will engage the cam surface 29 to pivot the keeper 28 and lock the fshhook 24 in the registering openings 31 which are formed in the plates 2S.

From the foregoing it is apparent that a shhook holder has been provided wherein a shhook such as the hook 24 can be locked in the device by rotating the lever 21 from the position shown in Figure 2 to the position shown in Figure 3. Thus, with the parts arranged as shown in Figures l and 2 the shank of the fishhook 24 is inserted in the notches or cut-outs 31 and then the handle 23 is rotated in a counterclockwise direction from the position shown in Figure 2 to the position shown in Figure 3. This causes the pin 20 to ride upwardly in the slot 19 whereby the shaft 22 will move longitudinally in the sleeve 18 so that the tapered end portion 30 will engage the carn surface 29 to rock or pivot the keeper 28 about the pivot 27. Thus the keeper 28 will pivot and lock the fishhook shank 24 between the keeper 28 and the web 26 and the shhook will be kept in this locked condition until the handle 23 is rotated from the solid line position shown in Figure 3 to the dotted line position of Figure 3. The clamp 12 may be conveniently attached to the shermans belt or other part of his clothmg.

By means of the present invention the iishhook 24 will be held firmly in place while it is being baited and the device can be supported by being hooked over a persons belt. This permits the fisherman to hold the pole in one hand and the complete operation of baiting the hook can be accomplished with the other hand. The present invention will also serve to hold lishhooks while walking through thick brush to relieve the fisherman from the danger of being hooked by snagging. The holder is constructed so that accidental unlocking of the device will be prevented.

I claim:

l. A lishhook holder comprising a body member including a base, a clamp extending from said base and including a first leg arranged angularly with respect to said base, a second leg arranged in spaced apart relation with respect to said first leg, said legs adapted to receive a iishermans belt therebetween, a bracket secured to the upper surface of said base and including an intermediate curved sleeve portion, said sleeve portion being provided with an inclined slot, a shaft rotatably mounted in said sleeve portion, and a handle arranged at right angles with respect to said shaft, a pin extending from said shaft and slidably extending through said slot, a pair of spaced parallel plates extending upwardly from said bracket, a web extending between said plates, there being registering cut-outs in said plates for receiving a fishhook therein, and a keeper pivotally mounted between said plates and including a cam surface, an end of said shaft being tapered for engagement with the cam surface on said keeper.

2. A fshhook holder` comprising a body member including-ra` base, a clamp extending from said base and including a iirst leg arranged angularly with respect to `said base, a second leg arranged in spaced apart rela- :tion with respect to said first leg, said legs adapted to References Cited inthe le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Bowman July 24, 1917 Fong Oct. 25, 1949 Hart Dec. 11, 1951 

